Definition of correct

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Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

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Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear..
Teinoscope :: Teinoscope (n.) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
Mishear :: Mishear (v. t. & i.) To hear incorrectly.
Misrehearse :: Misrehearse (v. t.) To rehearse or quote incorrectly.
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
Opsiometer :: Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight..
Overhauling :: Overhauling (n.) A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
Verify :: Verify (v. t.) To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
Edulcorant :: Edulcorant (a.) Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin..
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct..
Emendatory :: Emendatory (a.) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
Incorrectly :: Incorrectly (adv.) Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll..
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